A total of 20 Women entrepreneurs have successfully made it to the list of the top 20businesses in the running for the ‘Rising Woman’ initiative Awards. Three (3) winners will be selected from this shortlist to receive Awards and cash prizes totalling to UGX 30m. The top 10 finalists will
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Southern Africa is feeling the effects of climate change. The United Nations is reporting that prolonged droughts there and across the continent have led to food shortages, which will impact 45 million people. Farming is prone to climate change as both livestock and crops are reactive to changes in temperatures
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Kenya is mulling giving citizenship to wealthy investors in a new push to enhance Direct Foreign Investment (FDI) flows, the country’s investment promotion agency said on Wednesday, Business Daily reports. High net worth investors, whose enterprises are appraised to have high impact on new jobs and exports earnings, will be
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In a bid to enhance the growth of startups in Africa and beyond, Kafeero Foundation, a social Enterprise organisation has organised a symposium dubbed "Power the Next" that will bring onboard different startups aimed at providing a platform to support young business minds to nurture their business ideas to the
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On 7 November 2019, Trial Chamber VI of the International Criminal Court (“ICC”), unanimously, sentenced Bosco Ntaganda (pictured) to a total of 30 years of imprisonment. The time Mr Ntaganda has spent in detention at the ICC - from 22 March 2013 to 7 November 2019 - will be deducted
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Biomedical and clinical engineers under their umbrella organisation, Uganda National Association of Medical and Hospital Engineers (UNAMHE) who convened for the 2nd Biomedical conference from 7th to 8th Nov 2019 at Africana hotel, have urged all stakeholders in the health sector to fast truck harmonization of standards for medical devices
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Prudential Insurance has taken a step to equip Ugandans with vital knowledge on how to deal with Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). A non-communicable disease (NCD) is a disease that is not transmissible directly from one person to another. NCDs include Parkinson's disease, autoimmune diseases, strokes, most heart diseases, most cancers, diabetes,
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The president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, and his rival, Riek Machar, have agreed to delay by 100 days the formation of a government of national unity. The deadline to set up such an administration was to have been next week, the decision to delay was made following a meeting
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Controversial Mityana Municipality MP, Francis Zaake has been referred to the Rules, Privileges and Discipline Committee of Parliament for investigations after he threatened to beat up Makerere University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe. In her communication to the August House today, Speaker Rebecca Kadaga reminded MPs that Rule 83 prohibits
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The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, prematurely adjourned the plenary sitting on Thursday, 7 November 2019 as a result of the absence of ministers to respond to issues raised by MPs. Kadaga, visibly upset by the continued absence of ministers, expressed her displeasure with the Prime Minister and his team
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